Architecture, Mysticism and Myth

by W.R. Lethaby

[1892]

This delightful book describes the symbolism
of real-world architecture, as well as architecture described
in fiction, myth and folklore.
Lethaby believed that architecture reflected the macrocosm.
He speculated that many of the seemingly ornamental
details of classical buildings actually represented aspects of the land,
the sea and the sky.
This is one of those books like the
Golden Bough or the
White Goddess (albeit shorter and a less challenging read)
that will turn you on to the mythopoetic side of reality, no matter whether
you agree with its conclusions.